Banana Flower

Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Lori Burnett in Blog, Flora

This photo was taken while vacationing in the Bahamas, on an estate owned by the late Bob Marley, whose wife Rita now runs the property as a guest resort. Situated away from the main tourist area, the main house features a sitting room that pays homage to her husband and his music. The grounds were a wonderland of lush tropical gardens, amidst which I spotted this exotically coloured and unusually shaped bud. Only months later, when I decided to submit the image to the 2010 World Wildlife Fund’s annual calendar contest did I finally discover its identity as a banana flower. The image was selected and appears on the May page.